cnn's dan simon is in haley, idaho, with more for us. good morning, dan. >> reporter: good morning, carol. we are at the base camp. this is a pretty vast operation. we've got 1,200 firefighters battling this blaze. and we're told by officials that there is a potential for this fire to get even worse. as you said, 100,000 acres. as always is the case with wildfires, wind is such an important factor. but crews are optimistic that they might get help from mother nature today. in terms of the fire-fighting effort, 1,200 firefighters, a lot of aircraft. you got the dc-10 dropping fire retardant. you got helicopters dropping water. hopefully that will make a difference, as you said, this is an affluent area where many celebrities have homes. obviously they want to do the best they can to protect some of these large homes. at this point, we should tell you that the damage actually has been fairly minimal, just a few outbuildings basically that have burned down. the people feeling the brunt seem to be the local businesses. obviously this is a to